The World - News from May 27, 1987
Amnesty International accused Turkey of sending hundreds of Iranians seeking political asylum back to their homeland to face possible imprisonment, torture or even death. The London-based human rights organization said Turkey is “failing in its international obligations” and “breaking assurances that its policy was not to return forcibly any Iranian who articulates a fear of persecution” in neighboring Iran. In the past six months, the organization said, it has received reports that some 400 Iranians had been summarily returned to Iran.
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